The agreement will support the growing connectivity among academic communities across West and Central Africa

Angola Cables (www.AngolaCables.co.ao) today announced an agreement with the West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) (www.WACREN.net), the regional research and education network (REN) that facilitates interconnections between national RENs in West and Central Africa. The agreement will support the growing connectivity among academic communities across West and…

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New Point of Presence (PoP) in Cape Town complements Johannesburg PoP to address local demand and expand peering capabilities

To further expand its network reach and peering capabilities, Angola Cables (www.AngolaCables.co.ao) announced today that it expects to establish a Point of Presence (PoP) in Cape Town before the end of the year. After almost a year of operations in South Africa, the company has seen exponential growth in its…

South Atlantic Cable System (SACS), the first submarine cable system across the South Atlantic is in the final stretch of its installation between Africa and South America. Angola Cables (www.AngolaCables.co.ao), the company overseeing installation and the operations of SACS, and NEC Corporation (http://APO.af/7AYzHU), a Japanese system integrator of highest quality…

Angola Cables (www.AngolaCables.co.ao) announced today that it has become a Microsoft ExpressRoute partner (http://APO.af/RTFQBj) to meet the needs of Africa-based organisations migrating business applications and IT infrastructures to the cloud and accelerating digital transformation on the continent. Taking advantage of the Microsoft Azure cloud platform (http://APO.af/mcHKPs), Angola Cables has created…

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Angola’s largest IXP welcomes i3D.net as its first remote peering customer

Angonix (www.Angonix.net), Angola’s largest Internet Exchange Point (IXP), today welcomed i3D.net as its first remote peering customer. i3D.net is a managed hosting provider specialising in online gaming that hosts tens of millions of players for game publishers on the Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation networks. i3D.net joins 17 other companies…

In just two years, Angonix (www.Angonix.net) – an Internet Exchange Point (IXP) based in Luanda – has grown exponentially to become the third largest African IXP. With peak traffic of 10.8 Gbps (www.Angonix.net/about-angonix/statistics/) (as recorded in July 2017), Angonix has become a competitive force in Angola and the sub-Saharan region.…

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Buoyed with optimism: officials at the Angola launch of the South Atlantic Cables System to connect Americas and Africa. In the picture: Moroni Torgan, Deputy Mayor of Fortaleza; Camilo Santana, Governor of the State of Ceará (Brazil); António Nunes, CEO of Angola Cables; Naiole Santos, Chairman of Angola Cables; José Carvalho Rocha, Angolan Minister of Telecommunications

Angolan Minister of Telecommunications at launch of South Atlantic Cables System in the Angolan municipality of Quissama. In the picture: José Carvalho Rocha, Angolan Minister of Telecommunications

The installation of SACS is considered a strategic project for Angola to advance the region’s digital economy and to improve global communications

Angola Cables (www.AngolaCables.co.ao) today took a step closer to completion of the South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) at an official launch in Sangano, Angola. SACS is the first direct link between Africa and South America. The installation of the South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) – a subsea cable with 40…

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Multinational telecommunications company, Angola Cables (www.AngolaCables.co.ao), announced today that construction had begun on its South American data centre, located in Fortaleza, Brazil. The data centre is an important next step in the company’s roll-out of promoting the digital inclusion and empowerment of Africa by the use of subsea internet cable…

As part of expanding its footprint throughout the region, Angola Cables has selected Teraco as the colocation partner to deploy its POP in South Africa

From AfricaCom 2016 (http://APO.af/Utt7ME) in Cape Town, Angola Cables (www.AngolaCables.co.ao) today announced its first direct Point of Presence (POP) in South Africa at Teraco (Johannesburg).
“As part of establishing Angola as one of the leading hubs for Internet connectivity in Africa, we’re growing a strong IP ecosystem among countries in…